Rossy de Palma

Rossy de Palma
Rossy de Palma at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Born	Rosa Elena García Echave (1964-09-16) 16 September 1964 Palma, Majorca, Spain
Residence	France
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1987–present
Children	2

Rossy de Palma (born Rosa Elena García Echave; 16 September 1964) is a Spanish actress.

Described by many as a Picasso come-to-life, de Palma broke the rules of beauty in 1988 when she starred in Pedro Almodóvar’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and became a model and muse for designers like Jean-Paul Gaultier, Thierry Mugler, and Sybilla. Her status as an iconic fashion character was further cemented with her role in Robert Altman’s 1994 satirical fashion film Prêt-à-Porter. Today, she is a theater actress, charity spokesperson for the Ghanian Charity OrphanAid Africa, and the face of luxury ad campaigns.^[1]

Born in Palma de Mallorca, she was originally a singer and dancer for the band Peor Imposible before being discovered by filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar at a café in Madrid in 1986. He cast her in roles based on her unique, Picassoesque appearance. She is best known for her roles in Almodóvar films like La ley del deseo (Law of Desire), Kika, Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) and La flor de mi secreto (The Flower of My Secret).

She acts in France and does modeling. She appeared in Robert Altman's Prêt-à-Porter as Pilar. In 2007, she released a perfume line under her name through the French cosmetics company Etat libre d'Orange. In 2009, she posed nude in an information campaign on breast cancer for the magazine Marie Claire. She currently lives in France with her two sons.

She was selected to be on the jury for the main competition section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.^[2][3]

Theatre

Filmography

Others

Rossy de Palma at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

She was one of the contetant during the First season of Danse avec les stars. She is an active and dynamic ambassador for her chosen charity, often using her fashion connections to benefit the charity OAfrica,^[4] which advocates for a family for every child in Ghana, West Africa, and the closure of illegal orphanages.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rossy de Palma.

• Rossy de Palma at the Internet Movie Database